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Novara Live: Carer’s Allowance Crisis Leaves Hundreds of Thousands in Debt

A new report into the Department for Work and Pensions blames repeated Tory failures for pushing hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers into debt and distress. Plus: Why right-wing slop is taking over social media. With Aaron Bastani, NoJusticeMTG, Dale Vince & Chris Bratt (PeopleMakeGames)

A conceptual rendering of the proposed AI datacentre. Image: Northumberland County Council

Report: Keir Starmer Used Dodgy Figures to Claim 4,000 New Jobs. In Fact, It’s Only 400

Polly Smythe

Labour’s plans to kickstart productivity are based on massively inflated numbers from a US private equity giant. Why is the prime minister doing Blackstone's PR? Polly Smythe reports.

Novara Live: Israel Kills Dozens of Palestinians in Attack on Gaza Shelter

Israel launched a deadly assault on a former school in Gaza. Russia conducted its largest aerial offensive against Ukraine to date. Paris Marx and Michael debate the latest AI developments and other current issues. With Michael Walker and Kieran Andrieu. Interview with Paris Marx of the Tech Won’t Save Us podcast.

Interview: Meet the Mental Health Podcaster Sounding the Alarm on AI

Harriet Williamson

Novara Media spoke to Mollie Adler about how entire industries are being built around collecting, sorting and monetising our inner worlds.

Keir Starmer delivers a speech during a visit to the Manufacturing Futures Lab at UCL (University College London), in London, Britain January 13, 2025, as he prepares to launch a plan to harness AI to spur growth and efficiency in the country. HENRY NICHOLLS/Pool via REUTERS

Feature: How Labour Is Using Biased AI to Determine Benefit Claims

Harriet Williamson

Labour is creating a digitised welfare state where biased AI will gobble up data and wreck vulnerable people’s lives by judging them based on their age, marital status and nationality. Harriet Williamson reports.

Opinion: The Scandal-Hit US Health Insurance Company Deeply Embedded in the NHS

John Puntis

US health companies which have used AI to deny giving patients care are providing NHS services. The government must stand up to them, argues John Puntis.

Report: Inside TikTok’s Mass Sacking

Polly Smythe

The Chinese tech giant is giving over 100 UK moderators the sack, begging the question: can it stop the spread of dangerous content with AI? Polly Smythe reports.

Novara FM: What’s Next for AI Now It’s Ingested the Entire Internet?

From climate politics to creating art, there's still much to be decided about the future that AI portends, says Disintegrator co-host Marek Poliks.

Opinion: Rachel Reeves Has a Miracle Cure for Britain: ‘Growth’

James Meadway

Two percentage points of economic growth would mean an extra £24bn in taxes - but Britain’s public services need an extra £142bn a year just to restore 2000s standards. Put this way, the chancellor's fixation on growth appears delusional, writes James Meadway.

A small man stands before a blackboard-style screen that reads 'Age of AI' in white text

Analysis: Artificial Intelligence Isn’t Actually That Amazing

James Meadway

Computer software that can hold a conversation may have seemed magical, but it wasn't the start of something new, writes James Meadway. It was AI already at its summit, with nowhere to go but down.

Interview: Does Bernie Sanders Think Israel Is Guilty of Genocide?

Bernie Sanders needs no introduction. Ash caught up with the senator to talk about his new book ‘It’s OK To Be Angry About Capitalism’, the speed of political change and whether what is happening in Gaza constitutes a genocide.